The morning dew drops fell to their rest
Little stars shine moonlight reflections
Each reminiscent of the different dimensions
To which water can be a part
For on the tapestry of earthy green leaves
A universal ballet is being rehearsed
As spinning fractals dance to the rhyming crickets
Whose choir hums to a classical melody
That soars as high as ancient redwoods
Towering above the dew drops as they pilè
Into a pirouetting waterfall
Whose crash sends cosmic waves
Of pitter pattering percussion
That quickly rises to a triumphant crescendo
•••
Only to fall silent as the first light of morning
Transforms the dewy pantheon
Into glorious diamonds of golden rays
Whose attitude stands defiant
Against the altitude of the coming vault
Back to the skies from which dew cried
A forlorn mist longing to reach the clouds
And escape the terrestrial embrace
Whose gravity forever tugs with tidal force
Turning mist to rain to fall in stars
Droplets destined to reunite with the lonely night
And once again dance to the dew drop ballet

There’s a specific rhythm to dancing
which only a dancer knows.
The thrill of a strong jump,
or a good pointing of the toes.

A tap of pointe shoes on the floor
where usually sounds a thunk,
or the success of a hard spin
when you thought you’d run out of luck.

It was funny how
Before her summer of fourteen
Her life became
A longing dream
Small waist,
Big hips,
Double Ds,
Thigh gap,
An hourglass.
E, t, c.
This was her list and the time,
Time
Tick---
Tick---
Ticked away like grains of sand and salt
The scale reads one five zero.

She had a
Banana for breakfast, just one:
Yellow and clammy,
The way her skin had become and yet it was
Cool and smooth to the touch.
Milky. Like that dancer's dying eyes
After the teacher had told her to drop a few pounds.
Well, now she hangs a few pounds.
Just for a few pounds.
Toes pointed perfectly.

Do you like
How she floats now?
Are her little freckled arms
Light at her sides now?
Angelic, you wanted, and angel you now have.
Held up by a halo of rope around her 14-year-old throat.